Cold War

...this is about the dark heart of Poland itself. The wounded love at its centre surfaces from the depths of cynicism, exhaustion and state-sponsored submission and fear.

Lukasz Zals kristallklara foto är lika vackert som sprött med flera distinkta lager av svarta, vita och gråa nyanser.

Glenn Close is as memorable here as she’s ever been.

...moving, rich with period detail and startlingly well-acted.

Pawlikowski leaves the cliched wartime romance at the door, strips away the melodrama, and makes every interaction between Zula and Wiktor carry greater weight than other films of the genre.